Septimius Severus. AE 35; Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Sillyum, Pamphylia, AE 35, 27.26g. SNG Aulock-4875 (same obv. die). Obv: AVT KAI Λ CEΠOV (sic) - CEOVHPOC ΠE Bust laureate r. seen from front, wearing aegis tied over bare r. shoulder and covering both chest and back. Rx: CIΛΛYЄ - ΩN Tyche standing l. with kalathos on head, holding rudder and cornucopia. From The Mark Gibbons Collection. The same unusual bust type also occurs on several Roman medallions, for example under Hadrian, RIC pl. 211, 2884.
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